Sora's New love

Disclaimer: I do not own Digimon nor do I own their characters. But I do own the ideas of this story, and the original character: James.

A/N: Hey everybody! Thanks for your kind reviews on the previous chapters, well here's the anticipated chapter 3. I decided to give a little bit more detail about one of Sora's friends, Ai. Read on and enjoy! Please review, and no flames please!

Ch 3:  Fitting In

          It was the first day of school for James and the cool morning breeze was blowing through his short hair.  He walked down Shinjuku Street towards the school.  "I hope these are reliable directions."  James thought as he remembered the directions Shinjiro gave him before he left.  "Mmph…mmph…I'm hungry!!!"  A muffled voice could be heard from his backpack.  "Ya hungry again?!?!  Geez, you're annoying."  James muttered back.  James assured his digimon that he would feed it as soon as he got to the school.  "Hurry, please!"  Koromon whimpered.  James mchuckled as he walked down the street. He came to a intersection and became slightly confused. "Hmm, which direction is Izumo Street, the left or the right?" James thought. "As soon as you get to the intersection, turn left…" James recalled what Shinjiro said. "Ok, this better be the right direction." He then thought, as he walked down Izumo Street.

          Sora had just arrived at the school and she was waiting for James at the front gate. "Does he know how to get here? Hopefully James could make out Shinjiro's directions. He gives horrible directions!" Sora thought. Sora was so engrossed on keeping a lookout for James coming around the street corner, that she did not noticed Ai sneaking up behind her. The girl whom had her hair dyed Green was dressed in a modified school uniform. Apparently, she did not like her uniform to be too "feminine". She was not wearing the skirt that the high school girls were given. Instead, she wore the boys' trousers. Other than that, everything else was still part of a typical girl's uniform. As a matter of fact, Ai's name is actually Aikiyo "Ai" Doki. She didn't like her name so she had others call her "Ai". "Hey!" Ai exclaimed as she tapped on Sora's shoulder. Sora nearly jumped out of her skin. "Gosh, Ai!!! Don't you ever do that to me!" Sora screamed. "What's wrong with you? I startle you just about everyday." Ai snapped back. "What's wrong? Something I should know about?" Ai asked. Sora just looked at her friend in mild annoyance. "You met a new guy?" Ai started asking before Sora could react. Sora blushed a little and replied, "Yeah, how did you know?" Sora asked her curious friend. "I could tell, you're emitting a slight glow! So… is he cute?" Ai responded with a big cheesy smile. "Well, he is quite an interesting person." Sora replied. Sora went on to explain to Ai how she met James yesterday.

          James walked around the corner of Izumo Street to see the nice looking girl he met yesterday talking to a girl with green hair. James smiled as he realized that he had found the school without much trouble. "Thank God, he never lets me down." James crossed the street and made his way to the front gate of Odaiba High. Sora noticed him coming from the corner of her eye. She smiled as he approached. "Hi Sora, nice to see you again." He said with a smile. Sora replied, "Hey James. Welcome to Odaiba High. This is my friend, Ai." James looked over to the green-haired girl and said, "Hey, nice to meet ya." Ai just smiled and whispered 'Hi'. Suddenly, another groan came out of his backpack. "Argh! Koromon again!" James muttered. Sora giggled and replied, "Yeah, I know how you feel, In-training digimon can be quite a hassle." James unzipped his backpack and took out Koromon. Ai was struck with joy as she saw the little pink digimon. "Awww! So cute! Can I hold it?" She pleaded. "Sure!" James spoke, as he handed Koromon to Ai.

          James and Sora walked into the school grounds, after saying goodbye to Ai. James was holding Koromon in his arms. "When are we gonna get me something to eat?!?!?!" Koromon squealed. "Relax, I'm going to the cafeteria now, ok?" James told his digimon with frustration. James looked up and asked Sora, "By the way, where is the Cafeteria?" Sora giggled as she responded, "Oh, you're funny. Well, I'll show you." The two of them walked towards the eastern building and went in.  As they walked the halls, Sora was pointed towards individual classrooms and described the teachers and their classes.  James laughed at some of the teacher's descriptions.  As they continued talking, James occasionally snickered, as he realized how special this girl was. "This girl is incredible!  I've never met anyone like her."  "James.  Are you listening to me?"  Sora inquired.  James immediately nodded and said, "Oh yeah.  You were saying about Mr. Matsumoto?"  A sudden whine from Koromon reminded the both of them why they should hurry towards the cafeteria.  The two of them ran with such speed, that James almost dropped the constantly hungry Koromon.

          As the two of them dashed for the Cafeteria, Taichi was talking to Izzy Izumi. Tai caught a glimpse of Sora running and a new guy beside her. He noticed the Koromon in the guy's arms. "Who's that new guy?" Tai inquired. "Don't know, but he's a digidestined." His friend Izzy responded. "Sora seems to like him. She has that special look on her face again." Tai then stated. Izzy asked, "Like the time she kinda felt something for Yamato?" Tai nodded. "I'm glad she met someone nice. There's still a part of her that is unhappy when Yamato and her split." Tai muttered. "Yeah, I feel the same way. It's nice to see that really, really happy smile on her face again." Izzy replied with agreement. Tai then thought of an idea.  "Hey Izzy!  Wanna bet on how long before they get together?"  Tai suggested.  "Bring it on Kamiya!  I bet 4 days, they'll be a couple.  300 Yen?"  Izzy taunted.  "You're on.  2 days.  Double or nothing?"  Tai responded. Izzy nodded and snickered, "Sucker, I'm wondering what I'm gonna spend your money on!" The 2 friends shook on it and walked to their classes.

           After school, James was opening his locker, when someone tapped him on the shoulder.  It was Tai.  "Hiya!"  tai greeted.  "Oh, hi!"  James replied.  Tai explained that he was close-friends with Sora and their experiences together in the Digiworld.  Tai was particularly curious with James' experiences with digimons.  "Nice to know that you're digidestined too.  Well, I have quite a bit of experience with digimons."  Koromon groaned suddenly and began to glow.  "What's wrong, Koromon?"  Koromon concentrated for a little while and then replied, "I'm digivolving!"  There was a blinding flash, followed by something heavy in James' arms.  Agumon appeared where Koromon was.  The yellow dinosaur-like digimon smiled and replied, "I'm baaaaack!"  "You have a Agumon too?!?!?!"  Tai exclaimed surprisingly.  James just chuckled and replied, "Ohh Yeaahh!  Agumon rules!"  Tai returned with, "Amen, brother!"  James dropped Agumon and complained, "You're too heavy now.  You can walk.  You have feet now."  "Hmmph!"  Agumon uttered back and proceeded to release a 'pepper breath' at James.  James managed to dodge his fireball.  "Watch it!  Why do you always try to turn me into fried chicken?"  James was distracted from his scolding, when he heard the delirious laughter from Tai.  "Oh, man.  That's just like my Agumon.  Are all Agumons this aggressive?"  Tai asked, with a snort. The boys talked a little bit more and it seems that a new friendship was formed.

          As James parted to walk home with his Agumon, Tai sat down on a bench and thought, "Well, he's a funny guy and nice. I think he might just be the guy to hit it off with Sora." Tai stood up and walked out the front gate, feeling glad something had come to make things well again.

          James started walking a couple blocks from the school, when Sora caught up with him. She went up behind him and tapped him on the shoulder. James turned his head and replied, "Oh hey Sora! How was your day?" Sora responded, "Well, things went quite well today, thank you. Why did you left so early?" James snickered a bit and responded, "Well, I have no reason at the moment, to stay any longer. Unless you want to walk home together." Sora smiled, "Well, yeah! I wanted to, looks like you suggested it before I did." She said afterward. Sora looked down and noticed that an Agumon followed James. "Your Koromon digivolved!" Sora exclaimed as she pieced together what has happened. "Yeah, he just digivolved. Right when I was talking to this close friend of yours, Tai." James replied. "You did, oh wow." Sora returned. James and Sora continued to talk about their day and about how interesting it would be to mix up Tai's and James' Agumons.

          When the two digidestineds arrived at their condominium, they boarded the elevator. After a moment, James turned to Sora and spoke, "Hey, thanks for showing me around today." Sora smiled and replied, "Sure thing. I'd like to hang out with you sometime!" James nodded and said that he would too. When they got off the elevator, James suggested, "Hey, maybe we can hang out during lunch, around the north building?" Sora smiled and nodded. "Sure thing!" "Great, I'll see you tomorrow then?" James inquired. "See ya!" Sora replied.

          After saying good bye to Sora, James went into his apartment. He found Shinjiro lying on the couch, taking a nap. James thought of something and whispered to Agumon, "Hey, that was something I saw in his eyes yesterday, when he saw you as Koromon. I have a hunch of something that could explain that look on him. So here's the plan…"

After that, Agumon went up to Shinjiro and placed his head really close to Shinjiro's face. Agumon stared right into Shinjiro's closed eyes. As Agumon got into position, James gave a shout, "Hey, Shinjiro! I'm home!" Shinjiro's eyes popped open and the first thing he saw was Agumon's face up close. Shinjiro froze in shock, as Agumon showed his teeth in a sinister grin, and said, "Boo." Instantly after that, Shinjiro jumped up and screamed like a girl. "HAHAHA! Just as I thought, you're digiphobic!" James boasted. Shinjiro sat back down, feeling embarrassed. "Yeah, I am kinda afraid of Digimon... I mean really afraid!" James started laughing out loud along with Agumon. "Well, you can get used to it, pal!" James replied a moment later. Shinjiro just sighed and threw a couch cushion at James.

          Sora went to her room and started writing in her diary. "Dear Diary. Today I showed James around at school. I started to see his nice qualities. He's really nice. I think I have a crush on him. Oh geez, I think I do. I wonder if he feels the same way towards me too? Well, I hope something will turn up in the next couple of days. James' cute Koromon has become an Agumon! How weird is that? He really reminds me of Tai now. But I think James fulfills the qualities Tai lacks. Well, I got to go. See you tomorrow, same time, same place. Sora." Sora closed her diary and took out her homework and begun work.

           A/N: Well, people, Chapter 3 is done! I Hoped you enjoyed it and please review nicely! Chapter 4 will be up soon!